irregular

Conjugation of mislead

mislead · misled · misled

Meaning: make someone believe something false

Verbs with the same pattern are shown below.

Verbs conjugated like lead · led · led

Indicative

Simple present

Use it for habits and facts: she writes every day.

I	mislead
you	mislead
he/she/it	misleads
we	mislead
they	mislead

Present continuous

Use it for actions happening now or around now: she is writing.

I	am misleading
you	are misleading
he/she/it	is misleading
we	are misleading
they	are misleading

Simple past

Use it for a finished past action: she wrote yesterday.

I	misled
you	misled
he/she/it	misled
we	misled
they	misled

Past continuous

Use it for an action in progress in the past: she was writing.

I	was misleading
you	were misleading
he/she/it	was misleading
we	were misleading
they	were misleading

Present perfect

Use it for past actions connected to now: she has written three pages.

I	have misled
you	have misled
he/she/it	has misled
we	have misled
they	have misled

Present perfect continuous

Use it for an action continuing up to now: she has been writing.

I	have been misleading
you	have been misleading
he/she/it	has been misleading
we	have been misleading
they	have been misleading

Past perfect

Use it for an action before another past action: she had written it.

I	had misled
you	had misled
he/she/it	had misled
we	had misled
they	had misled

Past perfect continuous

Use it for duration before a past point: she had been writing.

I	had been misleading
you	had been misleading
he/she/it	had been misleading
we	had been misleading
they	had been misleading

Simple future

Use it for future action with will: she will write.

I	will mislead
you	will mislead
he/she/it	will mislead
we	will mislead
they	will mislead

Future continuous

Use it for an action in progress at a future time: she will be writing.

I	will be misleading
you	will be misleading
he/she/it	will be misleading
we	will be misleading
they	will be misleading

Future perfect

Use it for an action completed before a future time: she will have written.

I	will have misled
you	will have misled
he/she/it	will have misled
we	will have misled
they	will have misled

Future perfect continuous

Use it for duration before a future time: she will have been writing.

I	will have been misleading
you	will have been misleading
he/she/it	will have been misleading
we	will have been misleading
they	will have been misleading

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

I	would mislead
you	would mislead
he/she/it	would mislead
we	would mislead
they	would mislead

Present continuous conditional

Use it for imagined ongoing action: she would be writing.

I	would be misleading
you	would be misleading
he/she/it	would be misleading
we	would be misleading
they	would be misleading

Perfect conditional

Use it for imagined past results: she would have written.

I	would have misled
you	would have misled
he/she/it	would have misled
we	would have misled
they	would have misled

Perfect continuous conditional

Use it for imagined past duration: she would have been writing.

I	would have been misleading
you	would have been misleading
he/she/it	would have been misleading
we	would have been misleading
they	would have been misleading

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

Use it for instructions: write; let's write; do not write.

you	mislead
let's	let's mislead
negative you	do not mislead
negative let's	let's not mislead

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

Use the base form and to-infinitive after many verbs: to write.

	mislead

Perfect infinitive

Use it for an earlier action after a verb: to have written.

	to have misled

Present participle (gerund)

Use the -ing form as a gerund or participle: writing.

	misleading

Past participle

Use it in perfect tenses and passive-like adjectives: written.

	misled

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S’entraîner

Indicative · Present continuous

mislead